IEPs

Reasonable Expectations Poll Results

by Trish September 8, 2010

I wanted to share with the results of the poll on reasonable expectations for how early in the school year IEP supports should be in place. Of course, legally, we all know that supports should be in place as soon as the IEP goes into effect, based on the details listed for each one as [...]

Reasonable Expectations?

by Trish September 1, 2010

The events of the last two days have brought up questions in my mind about what are reasonable expectations regarding the implementation of an IEP, especially at the start of a school year. (Keep in mind that the effective date of the IEP was 4/29/10.) Is it reasonable for me to expect that the staff [...]

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Back to School Transitions

by Trish August 30, 2010

When I originally started writing this post, my first sentence read, “Every year I get a little bit better at this transition stuff, both in terms of what Michael needs and what I need.” After the day we had today, I think that is true in terms of better knowing what I need but not [...]

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Safe Crisis Plan

by Trish April 12, 2010

Besides revisiting the behavior plan and the level of positive reinforcement being provided, the other thing the IEP team did in response to Michael’s aggressive behavior at school was to add a safe crisis plan. We had had a safe crisis meeting earlier in the school year when the school secretary had (inappropriately) gotten involved [...]

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